254 ANGLING. 



The existence of Salmo ferox in Loch Neagh had 

 been long known, and an excellent observer, Mr. 

 Thompson of Belfast, has ascertained its occurrence 

 in Loch Corrib, in the county of Galway, and also 

 in Loch Erne, in the county of Fermanah. Mr. 

 Thompson informs us, that it is in fact the charac- 

 teristic and ordinary trout of Loch Neagh, and we 

 agree with that gentleman in thinking that it will 

 be found to inhabit most of the considerable lakes 

 of Ireland, as we know it does the majority of those 

 of Scotland.* 



On enquiring (of Mr. Baigrie) about these large trouts, he told us 

 that he had heard of their having been caught in Loch More twenty- 

 five pounds weight, and had seen them twelve pounds.". DR. GRE- 

 VILLE'S MS. Notes. 



* In that magnificent chain of English lakes of which Windermere 

 is the chief, and which includes Grassmere and Rydal, we think the 

 species not synonymous with Salmo ferox. The lake trouts, properly 

 so called, of these beautiful waters, when full-grown, seem to range 

 from three to five pounds, and have in one or two rare instances been 

 taken of the weight of six and even eight pounds. Those of Ulls- 

 water, again, which does not belong to what we have denominated 

 the Windermere chain, correspond more nearly in size and other 

 characters with the species found in the lakes of the Scottish High- 

 lands. We would particularly recommend to the attention of sports- 

 men the great fresh- water river trout, or bull trout, as some errone-' 

 ously call it. This is regarded by many anglers as an aged or over- 

 grown individual of the ordinary kind (Salmo fario} ; and by others, 

 especially when found in the autumn, as a lake trout which had left 

 its more usual haunts for the purpose of spawning. The accuracy of 

 the latter opinion is, however, interfered with by the occasional oc- 

 currence of this variety in such unambiguous situations as the Clyde 

 above the falls, the waters of which have no communication with any 

 lake. This species sometimes attains the weight of eight, ten, or even 

 twelve pounds ; but it differs from the Loch Awe trout in being gene- 

 rally, if not exclusively, found in rivers. Those of many of the lesser 

 Highland lakes, such as Loch Ard and Loch Chon, ascend the moun- 

 tain streams in the autumn to spawn, and in the ordinary practice of 

 angling (with the artificial fly) are rarely caught above the weight of 



